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{{Infobox album
| name         = A Quiet Place II (Music from the Motion Picture)
| type         = film
| cover        = A Quiet Place II (Music from the Motion Picture).jpg
| alt          = 
| artist       = [[Marco Beltrami]]
| released     = May 28, 2021
| recorded     = February 2020
| genre        = [[Film score]]
| length       = 37:24
| label        = [[Paramount Music]]
| producer     =
* [[Marco Beltrami]]
* [[Buck Sanders]]
| prev_title   = [[Chaos Walking (film)|Chaos Walking]]
| prev_year    = 2021
| next_title   = [[Fear Street Part One: 1994 (soundtrack)|Fear Street Part One: 1994]]
| next_year    = 2021
}}
'''''A Quiet Place II (Music from the Motion Picture)''''' is the [[Film score|film score soundtrack]] to the 2021 film ''[[A Quiet Place Part II]]'' directed by [[John Krasinski]], the sequel to ''[[A Quiet Place]]'' (2018). The film's score was composed by [[Marco Beltrami]], who returned from the predecessor to score the film, conducted by Pete Anthony and performed by the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]]. It was recorded at Malibu, California in February 2020, before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The score album featured 15 tracks released by [[Paramount Music]] on May 28, 2021.

== Development ==
According to Beltrami, the score for ''A Quiet Place II'' is an extension of the predecessor's themes with new material had been produced for the film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Edelbaum |first=Susannah |date=2021-06-02 |title="A Quiet Place Part II" Composer Marco Beltrami on Making a Menacing Score |url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2021/06/a-quiet-place-part-ii-composer-marco-beltrami-on-making-a-menacing-score/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424003256/https://www.motionpictures.org/2021/06/a-quiet-place-part-ii-composer-marco-beltrami-on-making-a-menacing-score/ |archive-date=2024-04-24 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Motion Picture Association |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Ann |title=Marco Beltrami Used Shepard Tones to Create Tension on A Quiet Place Part II |url=https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/marco-beltrami-used-shepard-tones-to-create-tension-on-a-quiet-place-part-ii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908001956/https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/marco-beltrami-used-shepard-tones-to-create-tension-on-a-quiet-place-part-ii |archive-date=2022-09-08 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Spitfire Audio}}</ref> Beltrami incorporated and developed three themes from the first film: the family theme, father-daughter theme and creature sounds. The first theme is played on a flute with minor changes in orchestration, while the second theme consisted of very sparse orchestration, with piano and harp before being developed into a full-fledged orchestral score.<ref name=":0" />

In the first film, as the characters being isolated from sounds for a longer time, he detuned the black notes on a piano by a quarter tone to give it a skewed sound.<ref name=":0" /> As for the sequel, he used two pianos, where one has been played normally and the other being detuned completely to create a dissonance between the two pianos.<ref name=":1" /> The pianos were used as the pulsing rhythmic elements that driven the film's intensity. Beltrami further used [[Shepard tone]]s in the sound effects with change in tempo and pace, to provide a sense of anticipation and anxiety to the viewer. He closely worked with supervising sound editors [[Erik Aadahl]] and [[Ethan Van der Ryn]] to refrain the sound overlap with the score, but provide a more unified approach.<ref name=":1" />

Beltrami recorded the score in Malibu, California with a 38-piece orchestra from the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]] where the musicians would play strings, brass and percussions.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Goldwasser |first=Dan |date=2021-05-28 |title=Marco Beltrami scores A Quiet Place Part II |url=https://scoringsessions.com/2021/05/28/marco-beltrami-scores-a-quiet-place-part-ii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816194509/https://scoringsessions.com/2021/05/28/marco-beltrami-scores-a-quiet-place-part-ii |archive-date=2022-08-16 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=ScoringSessions.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The orchestrations were provided by Miles Hankins and Marcus Trumpp, and the orchestra conducted by Pete Anthony, whereas [[Buck Sanders]], besides co-producing the score, provided the electro-acoustic elements and processed sounds.<ref name=":2" /> The score was mixed by Tyson Lozensky and edited by Jim Schultz. He could not supervise the final score mix at [[New York City]] due to the rise of [[COVID-19 pandemic]] cases across the world, thereby not hearing the final score.<ref name=":1" />

== Release ==
''A Quiet Place II''<nowiki/>'s score was released digitally under the [[Paramount Music]] label on 28 May 2021, alongside the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beltrami |first=Marco |author-link=Marco Beltrami |date=2021-05-28 |title=A Quiet Place Part II (Music from the Motion Picture) |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-quiet-place-part-ii-music-from-the-motion-picture/1568148668 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627025208/https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-quiet-place-part-ii-music-from-the-motion-picture/1568148668 |archive-date=2021-06-27 |access-date=2024-08-30 |publisher=[[Paramount Music]] |via=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref> La-La Land Records released a [[limited edition]] soundtrack of 2,000 units on physical CDs.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=A QUIET PLACE PART II: LIMITED EDITION SOUNDTRACK |url=https://lalalandrecords.com/a-quiet-place-part-ii-limited-edition-soundtrack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130220748/https://lalalandrecords.com/a-quiet-place-part-ii-limited-edition-soundtrack/ |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2024-08-30 |publisher=La-La Land Records |language=en}}</ref> Death Waltz Recording Company published the album in a 140-gram vinyl LP and issued it on the fall of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Quiet Place Part II |url=https://lightintheattic.net/collections/death-waltz-recording-co/products/a-quiet-place-part-ii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830171540/https://lightintheattic.net/collections/death-waltz-recording-co/products/a-quiet-place-part-ii |archive-date=2024-08-30 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Light in the Attic |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
''[[Filmtracks]].com'' reviewed "the unlistenable portions of ''A Quiet Place: Part II'' are fewer, and Beltrami finally infuses some weightier hints of warmth throughout via a more organic, orchestral presence."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=A Quiet Place: Part II (Marco Beltrami) |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/quiet_place2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918191816/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/quiet_place2.html |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Filmtracks.com}}</ref> Nick Allen of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' wrote "Marco Beltrami's score brings in the original's meditative themes when it's not trying to blow you to the back of the theater."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Nick |date=2021-05-28 |title=A Quiet Place Part II movie review (2021) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-quiet-place-part-2-movie-review-2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531183719/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-quiet-place-part-2-movie-review-2021 |archive-date=2021-05-31 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en-US}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' "like the first film, this one also benefits immeasurably from Marco Beltrami's vigorous orchestral score, which shifts between ominous groans and thundering high drama, dialing up the tension throughout."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2021-05-18 |title=Emily Blunt in John Krasinski's 'A Quiet Place Part II': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/a-quiet-place-part-ii-1234954856/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627135317/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/a-quiet-place-part-ii-1234954856/ |archive-date=2024-06-27 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Justin Chang]] of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described it as "dread-inducing".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Justin |date=2021-05-18 |title=Review: 'A Quiet Place Part II' is (shhh!) a good enough sequel |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-05-18/quiet-place-part-two-review-emily-blunt |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Tom Beasley of ''Flickering Myth'' wrote "Marco Beltrami's carefully deployed musical score and the immaculate sound design combining to utilise every decibel of the multiplex sound system in order to extract every last drop of fear."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beasley |first=Tom |date=2021-05-19 |title=Movie Review - A Quiet Place Part II (2021) |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/movie-review-a-quiet-place-part-2-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830165732/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/movie-review-a-quiet-place-part-2-2021/ |archive-date=2024-08-30 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Flickering Myth |language=en-US}}</ref> Jake Wilson of ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' wrote "composer Marco Beltrami usually supplies some percussive thrumming to fill the gaps."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Jake |date=2021-05-26 |title=A Quiet Place II: an unnecessary sequel that doesn't live up to the hype |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/a-quiet-place-ii-an-unnecessary-sequel-that-doesn-t-live-up-to-the-hype-20210525-p57uv7.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606152726/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/a-quiet-place-ii-an-unnecessary-sequel-that-doesn-t-live-up-to-the-hype-20210525-p57uv7.html |archive-date=2021-06-06 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> JimmyO of ''[[JoBlo.com]]'' wrote "the haunting score by Marco Beltrami does a good job of maneuvering through genres."<ref>{{Cite web |last=JimmyO |date=2021-05-28 |title=A Quiet Place: Part II Review |url=https://www.joblo.com/a-quiet-place-2-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029045614/https://www.joblo.com/a-quiet-place-2-review/ |archive-date=2021-10-29 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''A Quiet Place II (Music from the Motion Picture)'' track listing
| title1 = From the Beginning
| length1 = 0:51
| title2 = Leaving the Farm
| length2 = 1:34
| title3 = Watch Us Run
| length3 = 2:01
| title4 = Moving In
| length4 = 2:26
| title5 = Show Me Your Face
| length5 = 1:17
| title6 = Regan On Her Own
| length6 = 1:18
| title7 = Training Day
| length7 = 2:38
| title8 = Mother and Child
| length8 = 1:42
| title9 = Family Ties
| length9 = 2:44
| title10 = You Scream You Die
| length10 = 6:31
| title11 = Dive
| length11 = 3:44
| title12 = Emmets Realizations
| length12 = 2:06
| title13 = Entering the Station
| length13 = 4:13
| title14 = Encouraging Feedback
| length14 = 2:10
| title15 = A Grateful Family
| length15 = 2:09
| total_length = 37:24
}}

== Credits ==
{{div col}}
* Music – Marco Beltrami
* Additional music – Miles Hankins, Marcus Trumpp, Brandon Roberts
* Producer – Buck Sanders, Marco Beltrami
* Recording and mixing – Tyson Lozensky
* Mastering – Erick Labson
* Music editor – Jim Schultz
* Music co-ordinator – Michael Murphy
* Production manager – Frank K. DeWald, Neil S. Bulk

'''Orchestra'''
* Performer – The Hollywood Studio Symphony
* Conductor – Pete Anthony
* Orchestrator – Miles Hankins, Marcus Trumpp
* Orchestra contractor – Peter Rotter
* Concertmaster – Belinda Broughton

'''Instruments'''
* Bassoon – Anthony Parnther, William May
* Cello – Andrew Shulman, Dennis Karmazyn, Jacob Braun, Ross Gasworth, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
* Contrabass – Nico Abondolo
* Flute – Sara Andon
* French horn – Allen Fogle, David Everson, Dylan Hart, Katelyn Faraudo
* Trombone – Alan Kaplan, Alex Iles, Craig Gosnell
* Trumpet – Barry Perkins, Rob Schaer
* Tuba – Doug Tornquist
* Violin – Belinda Broughton
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Marco Beltrami}}
{{A Quiet Place (franchise)}}


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